there are 3 different kinds of apps for web and mobile devices...1. remote control - this exists and works already

2. epg guides with remote setting for record options and remote control - again these exist already and both VM; TVguide and others offer these.

3. remote access to the tivo via a remote device.this is the thing that is delayed. It was due for release shortly after christmas; it exists in the US and for a while we could use the US app on the VM tivo. BUT because of some security issues they changed the code to stop its use.I suspect (though have no real evidence) that they are having to rewrite some core code in both tivo and the iphone/pad app and they will release the app in sync with the next major f/w release.Hence the comment from Niel about being later this year.from what I saw of the us app it will bring some nice features but basically it is the tivo menus on the iphone/pad.